Posts by Alec Colson

As promised, the Government issued further guidance on the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) on 10 November 2020.  Our previous note on the extended CJRS can be viewed here. On 13 November 2020, the Government updated some aspects of the guidance and also issued a new Treasury Direction which sets out the legal framework of…

As promised, the Government issued further guidance on the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) on 10 November 2020.  Our previous note on the extended CJRS can be viewed here. There are 10 new or updated guidance notes on the extended CJRS for employers.  We have set out below links to the relevant guidance for employers. …

Lockdown Regulations The Government has introduced a set of new Regulations (The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020) for England to deal with the second lockdown from 5 November until 2 December in order to provide clarity as to what activity is allowed and not allowed during lockdown. As part of the…

Following the announcement last weekend that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the Scheme”) would be extended until December (full details of which can be viewed here), further announcements yesterday confirmed that there will now be a further extension until 31 March 2021.  This applies across the UK. Other business support measures have also been announced or…

1. Extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“furlough”) As you will be aware, over the weekend, the Prime Minister announced a second national lockdown which will commence on Thursday 5 November 2020 and is expected to last until 2 December 2020. This means that many businesses will be forced to close.  Other businesses may experience…

Taylor Walton Coronavirus Update October 2020 – New Guidance issued on the Job Support Scheme for open and closed businesses On 22 October 2020, the Government announced changes to the new Job Support Scheme for open businesses (JSS – open) and it also issued new guidance on the JSS- open and the Job Support Scheme…

Update 1 – Government announces New Job Support Scheme On 24 September 2020, the Chancellor announced the new Job Support Scheme (JSS).  The JSS will run for 6 months from 1 November 2020 and acts as a replacement for the current Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) which ends on 31 October 2020. Although full guidance…

Taylor Walton CJRS Update – 5 August  2020 Since  our previous guidance of 9 July in relation to the changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) which began to take effect from 1 August, the Government has issued further clarification on some aspects of the CJRS as follows: No extension to CJRS – In response…